Compassionate management is something that resonates deeply with us and is what we want for DCI. We believe that a CEO should strive to be attuned to the personal suffering of his or her employees, and do whatever can be done to address it and be supportive. If you’re not aware of your employees’ issues, how can you be running the best organization possible?

Prior to this past June I had never lived in Nova Scotia but from the time I was a child, we have visited extended family here. Summer overnights with grandparents, cottage getaways with aunts and uncles. When we lived overseas, we returned for a month every summer. Lobster feasts, blueberry ice cream, clams and chips…

Sunbeam released the iconic Mixmaster in 1930, and I inherited mine from my mother. Sixty years after it was given to her as a wedding gift, it humbly continues to produce superior baked goods, one bowl of batter at a time.